Example sentences of "[vb infin] the " in BNC.

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1 The long , surprisingly thick mid-mounted wing , a legacy of the Fouga company 's glider-producing background , should endow low induced drag , although the myriad accessory-cooling slots and intakes on the engine casing and odd lumps and bumps of antennas on the aft body must dirty the otherwise-clean tandem configuration .
2 which , Julie still cooks everything straight from Marks and Spencers on it , I mean you only dirty the bowl , I mean you do n't even dirty the microwave
3 ‘ You could n't so much as bruise the mosses on it but I 'd know .
4 We would glean the last of the coffee but hardly got paid anything .
5 It is through the ‘ windows ’ that survive that we can glean the evidence necessary to permit environmental reconstruction and , necessarily , the amount of evidence surviving in a particular area will depend upon the age of the landscape and the subsequent changes to which the landscape has been subjected .
6 Thomson 's latest letters to the media very , but in some he explains the decades of delay with a puzzling tale of his attempts to ‘ shield the Blumleins from the belated discovery that a person close to them had supplied me with letters … stolen from the late Mr A K Van Warrington ’ .
7 As a result , an alumina implant can shield the surrounding bone from the stresses generated by normal activity , and the bone loses the stimulation which is necessary for it to remain healthy .
8 Prevention is better than cure , and the sensible thing to do is to physically shield the mike , either by angling the shot out of the wind , or by getting an assistant to shelter it bodily .
9 A person whose reputation is criticised in the press is privileged to make honest , if defamatory , replies to those criticisms , and this privilege will shield the newspaper which publishes the defamatory response .
10 Few thought that the winner 's cowboy hat ( and $25,000 cheque ) would come his way but rather that American Paul Pilkington , the 1990 winner , or Soviet Ravil Kashapov , or even Kenyan Sam Ngatia , a frequent competitor over 26 miles , would scoop the lot .
11 As soon as the salmon had passed between the prongs and into the net , he would scoop the net up triumphantly to inspect the size of the catch .
12 Swing mostly form the arms and shoulders , limiting the use of the hands and wrists which will scoop the shot upwards .
13 If his Subaru Legacy is first back in Chester tomorrow evening , Britain 's brightest rally star will scoop the cash prize being offered by Lombard — to mark their last year of sponsorship — for a home win .
14 ‘ You really have worked this one out and we will scoop the pool . ’
15 And last but not least is Ross Hickling 's pastel study of the Gateshead Garden Festival ( 057 ) which , if his present run of good fortune still goes his way , might well scoop the pool .
16 How do I sex the Labidochromis caeruleus and the Os. socolofi ?
17 The disruption to the shipping and insurance markets is expected to be limited but British Telecom moved quickly to restore services and provide the affected companies with links to ensure that callers could dial the usual numbers .
18 At their most basic this might be a name and address book that can dial the number selected , but the target is for more sophisticated uses , such as the shared white board approach , where workers can doodle their ideas on the computer screens linked by one 64kbps B channel , while chatting about them on a phone connected over the second channel .
19 ‘ The phone will automatically dial the number of a local taxi firm .
20 Maxim wished he had made the call himself even if George had had to look up and dial the number for him .
21 The droppings they create will need to contact flies which in turn will be to the spiders whose garden of webs will soon bale the windows .
22 Mr Pinochet junior , asked if he used his father 's name to get business , replied : ‘ One does not invoke the name of God . ’
23 Signor Cossiga could invoke the constitution and form an emergency executive himself , although he is due to leave office in July .
24 One need not invoke the authority of the law over the defamer to justify such action .
25 A full sale of the property ( for whatever reason ) back to the father might invoke the inheritance tax gifts with reservation provisions if the son continued to live there and the property was sold at less than full value .
26 And England boss Graham Taylor has already warned that he would invoke the six-day release rule if the game is played this weekend .
27 Still , there 's nothing secretive or lacking in discussion on the new laws in operation — and how refreshing to mention something that does not invoke the subject of money .
28 If a problem is suspected with any programs in the system the lexicographer should invoke the Problem Management Procedures .
29 However , one could invoke the concept of ‘ moral luck ’ , discussed by both Nagel and Williams .
30 However with respect to the ground for invalidity which is most pertinent to the community interest , conflict with a norm of jus cogens , only the ‘ parties to a dispute ’ can invoke the special procedure in Article 66 ( a ) , although that procedure is compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice .
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